Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-08-21
DAILY HERALD.
CALIFORNIA.
The Riches of this Great
State.
FRUITS AND VEGETABLES.
The Brilliant Future of the Trade
in These Staples Between Us
and the East.
CALIFORNIA.
IT'S AND VEGETABLES,

in These Staples Between Us
and the East.
The San Francisco Chronicle of
few days ago says:
ssNever in the history of overlan,
railroading have such large shipment
of vegetables gone East from Califor
mia as during the present season. |
will be surprise to many persons wh'
have thought that the country on tn,
other side OF the Rockies was full,
able to grow all its own garden stuff t
learn that the shipments recent,
made have averaged nearly 5,000,00(
pounds a month. Those were the
figures for the month of June and tht
shipments during July nearly aggre
gated that amount. Carloads of onions
and cabbages, which are the chic
staples Of this trade, have been hauled
across the plains from the fields o.
California, and beets, carrots, turnips
and summer squashes have also gone
forward in large quantities to feed the
connoisseurs OF the East, who are al
ways after "the best in the market. v
Such rush OF potatoes overland as
has been witnessed of late is unpre-
cedented. Altogether dozen train
loads of choice "murphies" where
shipped out of California, all taking a
rate of so cents a hundred pounds to
Chicago. The first shipment of these
potatoes arrived in market three
weeks ahead of the Southern ship
ments and netted the dealers hand
some profits as reward for their en-
terprise.
To the surprise of everyone, even to
the dealers themselves, the demand
for California potatoes there is still
holding up. This ought to be regarded
as proof positive of the superiority OF
the 'spuds grown on this coast, and
it certainly augurs well for future sea-
sons.
The towns to which California veg
etables are now sent in greatest guam
tity are Chicago, st. Joseph, Omaha,
Denver, Atchison and Kansas City.
Denver is getting great many car
loads"
Taking the last statement OF the
Southern Pacific Railway, that of the
month of July, showing the overland
freight movement for that month and
segregating the California produce
from the other stuff, and it appears
that there were shipped in pounds as
follows:
From San Francisco-Beans 314, 740,
brandy H., $50, canned goods ,423,-
SO, dried fruit LAT 800, hides A $50,
hops 1880, onions 12S,590, potatoes
329 $3.50, vegetables unclassified 49,
10, wine 2,05S, $50, wool, grease, l.
549 ,240, wool, secured, 203,6o0.
From OAkland-Canned goods 3l0,-
$50, wine 500.
Sacramento is credited with
Borax 1850, brandy 210,
canned goods 622, 800, dried fruit
155, $50, green fruit 6,635, 200, hides
43.11O, hops POP $3.50, onions III 200,
potatoes 17S,770, vegetables 131 ,250,
wine 305, ,820, wool grease All 400,
wool pulled l05, $50.
San Jose shipped: Pounds of brandy
$3.50, canned goods 466,SS0, dried
fruit ga ,43O, wine 1920, wool grease
$500.
Shipments from Stockton in pounds
were: Brandy 2520, dried fruit 0.730,
wine So, $50.
Marysville is set down for the fol-
lowing in ponnds: Dried fruit 0,0l0,
green fruit $500.
Los Angeles sent East the following
number of pounds of produce of the
soil: Brandy 1000, dried fruit
II, 200, green fruit 81 $50, hides 40, $50,
potatoes 17S,740, vegetables 50,SS0,
wine POI ,450, wool grease 669. .920.
EXPLANATORY.
II anyone will be at pains to count
up the foregoing exhibit and note the
commodities embraced therein he will
find much food for profitable thought.
But in the first place it is to be borne
in mind that this is the dead
season of the year. In July
there is less stuff shipped than in
any other month in the year. 1t is
right between the spring and fall
wool clip; it is little too late to ship
many vegetables for the reason that
the bleakest regions of the Hyperbore-
an north are then supplied with those
of home growth; as to the south end
of the State her citrus fruit crop is all
gone, and no oranges go, excepting
here and there struggling lot. the
same is true of wine-the vintage is
Just about to begin, and stocks are low
in all the cellars of the State. Green
fruit, especially apricots and peaches,
are about the only thing moving.
Dried fruit is all cleaned up
long ago, and the same is
true of canned goods. Hop stocks
are at the lowest ebb, and barley has
not begun to move. In this paper
the worst month in the year is selected,
80 that no conclusion reached will
lead any reader to take a step whose
results would cause him to repent.
Whatever showing is made here is
the minimum Of all the months in the
year, and average results will far
overtOp the figures given above. As
to Sacramento it is quite certain that
lACA IsuiCb diC oOhlC Wlldt illEItdulIlg.
There seems to be separate account
kept by the G. P. at that point for all
goods passing through, which were
not shipped from San Francisco as
the initial point. The G. p. being a
leased line of the S. p. Co. is the
reason for the keeping of this sepa-
rate account. That city, therefore,
claims and gets the credit for ship
ments that do not originate there, nor
does the stuff grow in or near
her confines. For example, it is alto
gether probable that there is
= duplicate record of the potatoes
credited to Sacramento, as they seem
to be the same as those shipped from
Los Angeles, which went elst by that
route.